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Casey Gwinn is an American attorney who served as the elected City Attorney of San Diego, California, from 1996 through 2004. He is credited as a pioneer of the Family Justice Center concept, under which multiple agencies work together under one roof to provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
She was endorsed by outgoing City Attorney Mara Elliott, the Deputy City Attorneys Association of San Diego, and the San Diego Union-Tribune. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Ferbert and California state assemblymember Brian Maienschein advanced from the March 2024 primary with 53.2% and 46.8% of the vote, respectively.
Joseph H. Stuart: [216] First African American male lawyers in San Diego County, California (1890) Duane E. Bennett: [217] [218] [219] First African American male to become the City Attorney for Oceanside, San Diego County, California; Ataulfo “A.F.” Molina (1923): [220] [221] First Latino American male judge in San Diego County, California ...
The Victim's Bill of Rights added Section 28 to Article 1 of the constitution. This section has since been substantially added to and amended by Marsy's Law , enacted in 2008. Section 28 granted victims of crime the right to restitution from the perpetrator unless there were "compelling and extraordinary reasons" to the contrary.
Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008 general election, is an amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections.
On February 24, 2010, Duffy was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, which covers San Diego and Imperial counties. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved her nomination unanimously on May 27, 2010; [ 5 ] she gained unanimous approval from the full Senate the following day.
Born in Clovis, New Mexico, Gilliam received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1953. He received a Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1957. He was a deputy district attorney of San Diego County, California from 1957 to 1961. He was in private practice of law in San Diego from ...
Mara Woodworth Elliott [2] (born October 3, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the San Diego City Attorney from 2016 to 2024. [3] A member of the Democratic Party, [4] she was the first woman and the first Latina to hold the position.